Who would have imagined people would have to protest for a free and open internet? Yet that is exactly what is planned to occur outside Federal Communication Commission (FCC) headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, the day...
John Oliver discussed net neutrality again on his show Last Week Tonight on HBO. Three years ago, he talked about the concept, and the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) website was shut down after the video went viral....
As FCC chairman Ajit Pai marches forward on his quest to permanently destroy net neutrality and hand the reins of the internet over large telecommunications companies at the public's expense, he's now using ridiculous and...
Few people have benefited from media coverage to the degree that President-Elect Donald Trump has. From the day Trump announced he was running, the media has covered his every action, granting him far more exposure...
Net neutrality has been a big issue in recent months, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued new rules aimed at assuring all data is treated equally and to prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs)...
Despite overwhelming opposition (including a bomb threat that temporarily evacuated the hearing room), and requests for delay from 18 state attorneys over concerns of a corrupted public comment process, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on December 14 to repeal regulations protecting the free...
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You may have heard lately about a little thing called "net neutrality." It isn't particularly sexy. It doesn't involve Trump or his extended family. It isn't part of the conversation regarding the president's submission of...
Following the decision by the FCC to end net neutrality, social media quickly lit up with criticism of the move, which could possibly make everyone's internet connection slower and more expensive. Donald Trump Jr., being the...
On December 14 of last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted three to two along party lines to repeal regulations protecting the free and open internet, known as net neutrality. This means Internet Service Providers (ISP) are now legally permitted...
Well, it happened... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted by two-to-one Thursday to begin unraveling a key 2015 decision by former President Barack Obama protecting consumers' internet content in favor of relaxing regulations on internet service providers. This is...
When former Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler resigned his post the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, many advocates of net neutrality started writing epitaphs for the free and open internet. That's because when Wheeler, a...
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If you're not already following the net neutrality issues, it's time to get angry. It speaks volumes that we at Liberal America have had to create an entire category just for this issue. This video...
In case you missed it, there is a video floating around the internet about Net Neutrality.? No, not the brilliant John Oliver one, but one from a more conservative point of view. ?When you watch...
// // From our earlier article: On Monday morning, President Obama released a written statement coming out in full support of Net Neutrality. The President ran on the platform for net neutrality, so for many of...
From opening our public land to commercial interests, green-lighting the Keystone XL pipeline, approving the Italian oil giant Eni SpA’s plan to drill exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska, we are only beginning...
// // President Obama supports Net Neutrality, so naturally, Republicans are against it even though most of them don't fully comprehend it. To explain it clearly are Alex Chance, Mercedes Carrera and Nadia Styles in a...
How much is your privacy worth to you? It's worth a lot to telecommunications companies that provide you access to the internet. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed into law S.J. Res. 34, repealing internet privacy rules the...
// // The fight for Net Neutrality isn't dead! The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward, deciding the future of the neutrality of the Internet. The F.C.C. recently concluded a series of roundtable discussions and...
President Donald Trump is already talking about censoring the internet. We've gone from the technology president to the Stone Age president. He thinks we should go back to using couriers, but now he wants to...
Everything you hate about your cable company is about to happen to the Internet. What's worse is that you'll hate this much more. Fortunately, there's hope. Likely you've been hearing much about the death of net...